Poem Tryouts: Pack It

04Aug

10:15 a.m. — San Antonio

listening to the music from Swan Lake

Hi all. I hope things are going well and that you are not in one of the two dark red spots on the weather map that indicate incredibly hot. It occurred to me a few days ago, while moving mom and unpacking us, that I had a natural topic for writing on. Let’s pack and unpack, people.

I am going to make a generalisation, often a dangerous thing to do. I am going to venture that there isn’t a person on this earth who has not packed and unpacked sometime in their lives (alright, maybe not babies — although my husband used to pack baby food in his cheeks [apparently everyone thought he had chubby cheeks] and then unpack it when left in his crib.).

Packing. Unpacking. Packing for a trip. Packing to leave a place. Packing to run away. Metaphorical packings. Unpacking. Packaging. Big gift, intimate gift. unusual packaging. Given or received. There are so many possibilities for a poem. Go nuts. If you feel like stretching, choose a form that unpacks, or packs, such as an etheree.

I hope to be here Thursday. If not, I’ll see you next Tuesday for another prompt.

19 responses to “Poem Tryouts: Pack It”

Packing anathema
unpacking finito!
never again
until you pack me
into my coffin.

The last move landed me in hospital with three crushed vertebrae, so you can assume I really mean it! And last time I packed to go visiting mydaughter, the handle on my pullalong snapped as were about to leave for the airport. Insult added to injury.

Gee I think I’ve moved at least that many times too. But this last stop… I’m liking it so much that I’m going to have to be dragged away. Now mind you I enjoy traveling with others… But it is good to be home.

I used to think all trees and suitcases lasted forever -they don’t. I add decorative duct tape and ribbons to my luggage so I can find it when it comes of the airline carousel.

I picked up a rainbow luggage wrap. Kind of like a belt for a suitcase. But I seem to misplace it for every other time I travel. This time I also added some blue zip ties to some of the zipper pulls. I cut off the excess plastic. My hubby travels quite a bit and sometimes the zipper pulls break. So the zip ties are also a useful addition to open the suitcases. 🙂